Conceptions and alternative assessment practice in Malaysian higher education
Malaysian government has specifically called for assessment reform in higher education to align with the current needs. In most practices, educators in higher education implemented both of traditional and alternative assessments but lack of empirical studies on alternative assessments. Thus, this st...
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| author | Talib, Rohaya Abu Bakar, Zainudin Mohd. Rameli, Mohd. Rustam Mohamad Ashari, Zakiah Alias, Rose Alinda Dollah @ Md. Zain, Rozilawati A. Iahad, Noorminshah |
| author_facet | Talib, Rohaya Abu Bakar, Zainudin Mohd. Rameli, Mohd. Rustam Mohamad Ashari, Zakiah Alias, Rose Alinda Dollah @ Md. Zain, Rozilawati A. Iahad, Noorminshah |
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| description | Malaysian government has specifically called for assessment reform in higher education to align with the current needs. In most practices, educators in higher education implemented both of traditional and alternative assessments but lack of empirical studies on alternative assessments. Thus, this study aimed to examine and analyse the assessment conceptions and the alternative assessment practices among educators in one of Malaysia premiere research university. This study randomly selected 118 respondents form three different clusters; Engineering (E), Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) and Sciences and Technology (ST) to respond to a questionnaire known as Conceptions and Alternative Assessment Survey (CETAS). Based on Rasch Measurement Model analysis using Winsteps, this study found that, regardless of different clustering and level of teaching experiences, educators in this premiere research university shown positive conceptions of assessment and have been frequently practicing various alternative assessment to assess their students learning. As this study only investigate the issue descriptively, it is recommended that future study could examine the correlation between the two constructs; conception (4 dimensions) and practice (8 types of alternative assessment) in the context of other research universities, similarly public and private universities in Malaysia. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-905422021-04-30T14:47:56Z http://eprints.utm.my/90542/ Conceptions and alternative assessment practice in Malaysian higher education Talib, Rohaya Abu Bakar, Zainudin Mohd. Rameli, Mohd. Rustam Mohamad Ashari, Zakiah Alias, Rose Alinda Dollah @ Md. Zain, Rozilawati A. Iahad, Noorminshah H Social Sciences (General) Malaysian government has specifically called for assessment reform in higher education to align with the current needs. In most practices, educators in higher education implemented both of traditional and alternative assessments but lack of empirical studies on alternative assessments. Thus, this study aimed to examine and analyse the assessment conceptions and the alternative assessment practices among educators in one of Malaysia premiere research university. This study randomly selected 118 respondents form three different clusters; Engineering (E), Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) and Sciences and Technology (ST) to respond to a questionnaire known as Conceptions and Alternative Assessment Survey (CETAS). Based on Rasch Measurement Model analysis using Winsteps, this study found that, regardless of different clustering and level of teaching experiences, educators in this premiere research university shown positive conceptions of assessment and have been frequently practicing various alternative assessment to assess their students learning. As this study only investigate the issue descriptively, it is recommended that future study could examine the correlation between the two constructs; conception (4 dimensions) and practice (8 types of alternative assessment) in the context of other research universities, similarly public and private universities in Malaysia. Institute of Advanced Scientific Research, Inc. 2020 Article PeerReviewed Talib, Rohaya and Abu Bakar, Zainudin and Mohd. Rameli, Mohd. Rustam and Mohamad Ashari, Zakiah and Alias, Rose Alinda and Dollah @ Md. Zain, Rozilawati and A. Iahad, Noorminshah (2020) Conceptions and alternative assessment practice in Malaysian higher education. Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems, 12 (7). pp. 2822-2832. ISSN 1943-023X http://dx.doi.org/10.5373/JARDCS/V12SP7/20202423 |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) Talib, Rohaya Abu Bakar, Zainudin Mohd. Rameli, Mohd. Rustam Mohamad Ashari, Zakiah Alias, Rose Alinda Dollah @ Md. Zain, Rozilawati A. Iahad, Noorminshah Conceptions and alternative assessment practice in Malaysian higher education |
| title | Conceptions and alternative assessment practice in Malaysian higher education |
| title_full | Conceptions and alternative assessment practice in Malaysian higher education |
| title_fullStr | Conceptions and alternative assessment practice in Malaysian higher education |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conceptions and alternative assessment practice in Malaysian higher education |
| title_short | Conceptions and alternative assessment practice in Malaysian higher education |
| title_sort | conceptions and alternative assessment practice in malaysian higher education |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) |
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